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The Sacred Round
30 x 40 We see natural features that sometimes feel as if they are made up by Walt Disney. This comes to mind when I see the rounded profiles of the dormant volcanoes in northern New Mexico not far from Taos. There are several massive lava domes that rise gracefully from the high plains. Their curving profiles are not the norm. One such mountain is now known as Ute Mountain. It got its name after it provided sanctuary for a band of Utes that were being persued by U.S. Calvary. The story goes that the band went up the mountain and were surrounded. They would have had to surrender or perish were it not for a spring that suddenly burst out high up the mountain. The waiting troops left after sitting in seige for several weeks assuming the "hostiles" must have slipped away. The Utes were then able to leave the mountain, after giving thanks for their deliverance. I have had a personal connection or even obsession with this mountain and its companion to the west, San Antonio Mountain, for at least a couple of decades. I seem to look for their distinctive profiles on the horizon and find comfort when I do. That these mounts possess something sacred rings true for me.
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